NIU Softball Team Earns No. 5 Seed 2009 MAC Tournament

This is NIU's first appearance in the conference tournament under head coach Lindsay Chouinard.

This is NIU's first appearance in the conference tournament under head coach Lindsay Chouinard.

May 4, 2009

DEKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois University softball team earned a fifth seed for the 2009 Mid-American Conference Softball Championship and will open the tourney against Miami University, the No. 4 seed, at Firestone Stadium Wednesday. First pitch is slated for 11 a.m.

The Huskies (18-35, 12-10), who are returning to the MAC Tournament after a year absence, are making their first appearance in the conference tourney under second-year head coach Lindsay Chouinard. NIU dropped both games to Miami (OH) (28-21, 13-8) when the two played a doubleheader April 18 earlier this season in Oxford, Ohio. The RedHawks won game one, 4-3, and took the second game 7-0.

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